Data Rescue Portal - Backup Submission Form

This form is for submitting information on in-progress or finished backups of public government datasets for discovery and access via the Data Rescue Portal (portal.datarescueproject.org). The purpose of this tool is to coordinate and increase the effectiveness of collective data rescue efforts. We would like to know what data has been downloaded or is in the process of being downloaded, who downloaded it, and where it is stored. Please note that the Data Rescue Portal is intended and designed for public government datasets only—it does not and will not contain any restricted data. All submissions will be reviewed by trusted data professionals before being published.

Dataset name *

Name of the government dataset that is being/has been backed up

Dataset URL *

Original URL of the government dataset. Please be as precise as possible.

Government website subdomain *

Website of the government organization which has hosted this dataset. If the dataset was hosted on a subdomain of a government website, e.g. data.nist.gov rather than nist.gov. This will help us differentiate separate departments, institutes or bureaus which might be part of larger government organisations.

Dataset description *

Please describe the contents of the dataset in a succinct and comprehensive way.

Backup status *

Is the download still ongoing or has it already finished? Finished dataset backups are preferred, but feel free to offer more context in the Notes field.

In progress

Finished

Backup location URL

If the dataset backup has been made available online, (e.g., in an open data repository), please enter the precise link to the backup here.

Download size (GB)

The amount of Gigabytes captured in this download. You can use decimal points if the size is less than 1GB and you can leave the field blank if the download size is unknown.

Metadata available *

Are metadata available for this resource?

yes

Metadata URL

If metadata are available separately as publicly available metadata documentation, please put the link here.

Backup download date *

The date the download was started.

UTC

File types

The major file types contained in this download.

Maintainer name

Who has downloaded the dataset and/or where is it being stored? Enter the name of the organization, data preservation effort, or individual here. If you wish to remain anonymous, leave this field blank. You can check our existing list of maintainers here: https://www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-tracker. Please make sure that the maintainer wants this information to be public. If you are unsure, ask them first before you submit their information.

Maintainer website

If the downloader of the dataset has a website, please put the link here.

Maintainer email

If the backup maintainer has a contact email they are comfortable sharing with us, please enter it here. This is not a public-facing field.

Notes *

Do you have any additional information or comments you would like to share with us about this particular backup of the dataset? Please enter them here.